Chapter 1912: MiG-29 improvements

I don’t know from the side. Viewed from the front, its thin and integral lift body has no space for an additional fuel tank. The nose must be equipped with electronic equipment, the engine behind, and the air intake below. As a result, its fuel can only be stored on the wing. How much space does the wing have? This is how the short legs come from.
Now, Qin Guan said that he would increase its oil storage. The designers who followed Ivan all shook their heads. What do you know, you layman?
"President Qin, please give me some advice." Ivan said very politely. Since the other party was sincere, of course Qin Guan had to give some advice.
"The first is the auxiliary air intake on the back of his aircraft. It takes up a lot of space. I suggest removing it and taking out the space here to store more fuel." Now, everyone has gathered together and came outside. On the tarmac, facing the MiG-29 fighter, Qin Guan introduced to Iwan.
"No, no, it is necessary here. When we take off on the earthy runway, we avoid inhaling debris." A designer said, this is their classic design, how can we cancel it at will?
"Colon Reyer, tell them, do you need it?"
"Our runways are all of a high standard. There is no debris on the runway. Even if it is air intake, there is no need to worry about inhaling debris. This auxiliary air intake is of no use to us." Reyer said .
In fact, the MiG-29 is very tall. Although it is the belly air intake, in fact, the height of the MiG-21 is almost the same as the height of the MiG-21. The MiG-21 is not worried about inhaling debris. -29 What are you worried about?
You bear the country for your own use. Maybe you have this consideration, but for us, it is useless.
"Hear it? The user said that this function is not needed. In this case, at least a few hundred liters of fuel can be added to extend its range by one or two hundred kilometers. Otherwise, its current range will be better for the Air Force of China Say, too few, typical airport guards."
When Qin Guan said these words, he was irritating everyone's eardrums. The flight range of this plane was quite short, and it was indeed an airport guard, but it sounds awkward how it sounds.
"If you don't plan to improve, then we can develop a kit, and you will sell aircraft in the future, and we will sell kits." Qin Guan's words made these people even more embarrassed. Qin Guan was about to slap her face. They.
"Of course, these alone are not enough. The MiG-29 has too little space in the body. If you continue to increase fuel, you can only find a way on the conformal fuel tank. I suggest adding one or two more to the back of the fuselage. The 1,000-liter conformal fuel tank allows a qualitative leap in range with a slight reduction in maneuverability."
Look at its small body, there is really no place to put the fuel tank, it can only find a way from the conformal fuel tank.
The so-called conformal fuel tank is firstly conformal, that is, it does not destroy the original aerodynamic layout, does not increase the windward area, etc., so that there will be no side effects of the auxiliary fuel tank.
The auxiliary fuel tank is simple to use, just hang directly on the wing, but this method changes the original aerodynamic layout of the aircraft, increases the flight resistance, and greatly reduces the aircraft's maneuverability.
The conformal fuel tank is to add a fuel storage container close to the aircraft body under the premise of maintaining or not changing the overall streamline aerodynamic layout of the aircraft, so that the circular surface of the container is tangent to the surface of the wing or fuselage, which can reduce the size. The flight resistance is over, it does not need to be airdropped before entering the combat state, it is long-term use.
The most successful conformal fuel tank is the F-16. This type of prismatic fuel tank on both sides of the fuselage increases the fighter's fuel reserve by 1,700 liters and greatly increases the range.
The F-16 was originally designed for close combat. It was a product of the fighter mafia theory. At first, it couldn't even launch Sparrow missiles, just for close combat. As a result, the final development went in the opposite direction.
In fact, other aircraft have been tested. F-15, F-14, and F-18 all have conformal fuel tank projects, but in the end they were not used on a large scale because the Americans have a large number of aerial tankers. It is necessary to superfluous, the F-16 conformal fuel tank is also mainly for export use.
Similarly, in order to overcome the problem of short legs, the MiG-29 also has a conformal fuel tank project. This is the project code-named MiG-29SMT. Compared with other aircraft, from the appearance, it has a huge The humpback became the humpbacked MiG-29, and the subsequent MiG-29s all became humpbacked.
This humpback is actually the reason why a large 2020-liter conformal fuel tank was added to the back of the aircraft.
You know, the basic internal fuel of the MiG-29 is only about 3,000 liters, and the internal fuel has a range of 1,500 kilometers. Now, if you add a 2,000-liter conformal fuel tank to the back, you can expand the range of the fighter by three. Two-thirds, the previous voyage of more than 1,000 kilometers was suddenly expanded to more than 2,000 kilometers. If the internal fuel range cannot fly 2,000 kilometers, can it still be called a fighter jet?
"Of course, this is also a kit in our plan. We have developed it and can easily install it on any MiG-29 fighter." Qin Guan said with a smile.
Ivan always has a strange feeling. This Qin Guan seems to be more familiar with the MiG-29 than his own. Has he been exposed to this fighter before? These improvements he put forward seem to be feasible!
Qin Guan eloquently modified their fighter planes, which made the designers of the Mikoyan Design Bureau very uncomfortable. What a thing!
"After these improvements, its voyage can meet the needs of the date palm country. The remaining, another important aspect is its avionics. The pilots of the date palm country have adapted to the advanced glass cockpit. This kind of purely mechanical cockpit is quite unaccustomed, and it is not conducive to the performance of fighters. Therefore, large-scale avionics is also imperative. I suggest using our JJ The equipment of the fourteenth fighter jets are replaced, their noses are similar, and the Date Palm country has experience in the operation and maintenance of these systems. How about the easiest replacement?"
"No, this is absolutely impossible, Qin, are you here to help us or to laugh at us?" Finally, a designer from the Mikoyan Design Bureau couldn't help but shouted to Qin Guan.
Every word of Qin Guan deeply penetrated their hearts. Qin Guan also said that he would give them a development kit. This put them out of his eyes, and Qin Guan clearly came to laugh at them!